In the fourth round of the English League Cup, Manchester City defeated Swansea in an away game with partial rotation, and Malmouche scored a key goal.

The new Pharaoh is back, and Haaland has help

After joining Manchester City last season, Malmouche had 8 goals and 1 assist in 25 games, which is completely different from the shooter who scored in Frankfurt. This season, Malmouche has played 6 times for Manchester City, including 3 starts and scoring 1 goal. Egypt's new Pharaoh, who is worth 75 million euros, has opened his goal account for the new season, and Haaland needs such help.

In addition to injuries, another reason affecting Malmouche's scoring efficiency is Guardiola's "vacillating" tactics - while resolutely building a striker around Haaland, Guardiola does not want to give up the team-building idea during the "Triple Crown" period, which was to reorganize the "dual core" around Shirki and Reinders. In the gap between the midfielder and the center, "shooter" Malmouche is in a difficult situation.

The puzzle of two forwards and the center Plan B

Since the reconstruction started in the middle of last season, there has been an ongoing debate about whether Guardiola should use two forwards. Guardiola activated Foden, which means that it is difficult for him to continue to try the combination of Haaland and Malmouche, who can only be used as plan B for the center position. Fortunately, Guardiola has never given up on the idea of ​​a "frontless formation". Malmouche is the only player who can play a forward role in this formation. He needs to accept the position of "12th man" like Alvarez did back then.

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